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National Nurses Day and World Red Cross Day with the Home Nursing Series

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In celebration of National Nurses Day and World Red Cross Day, the National Archives would like to commemorate the work and sacrifices nurses and Red Cross staff make to contribute to our nation’s health and safety. Today’s post was written by Rachael Brittain and Ken Myers. Still taken from ANRC-ANRC-63020.

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“Edited by Laura Thornburgh,” Pioneer of Motion Picture Education

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Today, we take for granted that moving images are used to educate. It might be surprising to learn that there was a time when the case had to be made for the value of motion pictures in education. The book is cited by scholars of educational film as one of the first major works focused on the subject.

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Guy Fawkes Day – LulzSec Italy hit numerous organizations in Italy

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Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. MassaCarrara Web Archives. Administrator Username & Password To Access Archive: [link]. State Archive of Palermo. Leaked Archive: [link].

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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The purpose of International Holocaust Remembrance Day is to serve as a date for the official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime and to promote Holocaust education. We here at the Unwritten Record wanted to share past blogs about the Holocaust in an effort to help promote education on the topic. Army courts.

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Wings for This Man: Celebrating the Tuskegee Airmen

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The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing. Army Air Forces, was the first military unit to be made up entirely of Hollywood professionals. The First Motion Picture Unit, part of the U.S.

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A User’s Guide to World War II-Era Radio in the National Archives

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The National Archives’ extensive holdings of World War II-era radio broadcasts have long been overshadowed by our flashier newsreel holdings. Speeches, President Roosevelt’s fireside chats, and talks by military personnel are also present. Stull Is The Driver Of The Vehicle. 22 May 1943”, 342-FH-3A12741-69518AC.

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Go for Broke: The 442nd Infantry Regiment

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In Hawaii–where many of the members of the 442nd would later originate from–the military imposed martial law, including curfews and blackouts, as concentration camps were not practical with the large population of people of Japanese ancestry. The National Archives does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges.